Fastener for wagon end-gates.



W. A. PEARSON.

FASTENER FOR WAGON END GATES. APPLICATION FILED MAYS, 1916.

1,236,104. Patented Aug. 7. 1917.

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Elwuemboz WILLIAM A. PEARSON, OF HAMILTON, IOWA.

FASTENER FOR WAGON END-GATES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. '7, 1917.

Application filed May a, 1916. Serial No. 95,121.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM A. PEAR- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hamilton, in the county of Marion, State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Fastener for Nagon End-Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved fastener for wagon end gates, particularly those belonging to cattle wagons and the like, so as to hold such gates rigidly or firmly, and against being accidentally opened and also prevent the same from be ing opened by hungry cattle.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a fastener having improved features of construction.

One of the features of construction is the provision of a spring loop formed from a spring tongue, which is integral with a plate, provided with a housing, in which a.

spring tensione'd sliding bolt is mounted, which bolt is designed to lie across the mouth of the loop (which receives a vertical rod of the gate) and cooperate with the spring eX- tremity of the loop, to hold the rod securely in engagement with the loop. The extremity (which lies across the mouth of the loop) of said bolt is beveled ofi, as shown, so that the rod of the gate will cam the bolt back into the housing, at the same time cause the extremity of the tongue forming the loop to spring in the opposite direction to permit the rod to enter the loop.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a View showing the improved fastener as applied to the tail end of a part of a cattle wagon, for fastening the tail end gate.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View on line 22 of Fig. l. V

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring more especially to the drawings 1 designates a portion of the tail end of the cattle wagon, showing the body of the fastener as applied to the side of the body of the wagon, by means of the screws or bolts 2. This body 3 consists of a plate 4, to which an arched plate 5 is riveted by means of the rivets 6. This arched plate constitutes a housing for the sliding bolt 7, between one end of which and one end of the housing a coil spring 8 is interposed. This bolt 7 is provided with a thumb piece 7 which eX- tends through a slot 9 in the top of the housing. One end of the plate t is provided with an integral tongue 10, which is bent to form a loop 11, to receive a vertical rod of the end gate. This vertical rod 12 in passing or entering the loop cams against a bevel 13 of the bolt, thereby pushing it back in the housing against the action of the spring 8. The extreme end portion 14 of the tongue forming the loop is yieldable, therefore capable of springing to one side incident to the rod contacting therewith, to allow the rod to more easily enter the loop. The spring extremity of the tongue is provided with a cavity 15, to receive a part of the beveled extremity of the bolt.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is In a fastener, a casing, a bolt therein, spring means therefor, said bolt having limitin g means and provided with a beveled offpart at its outer end, one wall of said casing at one end having a tongue bent to form a loop keeper for the reception of a member on a movable element, said loop keeper having a seat in its crotch for said member and provided with an entrance mouth of less width than the seat, the end portion of the tongue having an enlarged bulge provided with a keeper notch for the reception of the beveled end of said bolt, said enlarged bulge curving out opposite to the bevel, whereby said member may wedge itself between the bulge and the bevel, to actuate the bolt against the ac- In testimony whereof I have signed my tion of the spring means and to move the name to this specification in the presence of 10 bulge in the opposite direction, said narrow two subscribing Witnesses.

entrance mouth acting as additional means to hold the member in place in the seat of WILLIAM A S the loop should the spring means fail to Witnesses: throw the bolt so that its bevel may engage MORRIS C. LEONARD, the keeper notch. L. WALKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G. 

